[Verse 1] There's a silver spoon nailed into the wall A little red bird won't sing at all I put your photograph under my tongue So nobody hears where I'm coming from The telephone rings in an empty room Three white roses and a cheap perfume You said don't turn the key till the morning comes I heard don't turn around till the damage is done [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I, I kept the receipt For a house that burned Kept your name in a matchbox waiting my turn [Chorus] Long time porcupine Sleeping in the telephone line You were sharp when I needed skin You were gone when I let you in Long time porcupine Dancing on a washing line If I look strange, it's only because I finally know what strange was for [Verse 2] A black limousine in the supermarket Full of dead flowers and counterfeit tickets The cashier whispers he's back again I buy two apples and pretend Your mother-of-pearl dome is made out of glass Your father kept time by counting the cracks I found your little red shoes in the hall They weren't yours at all, they weren't yours at all [Pre-Chorus] And I kept the receipt For the night we lost Kept your side of the story whatever it cost [Chorus] Long time porcupine Sleeping in the telephone line You were sharp when I needed skin You were gone when I let you in Long time porcupine Dancing on a washing line If I look strange, it's only because I finally know what strange was for [Verse 3] One for the liar, two for the saint Three for the girl who never came Four for the window, five for the flame Six for the person I was before your name And if you ask me where I've been I'll say under the floorboards counting everything You thought I'd never find [Chorus] Long time, long time porcupine Don't touch me, don't touch me, I'm doing fine Long time porcupine Singing through the telephone line You were sharp, but I grew a skin Now I'm stronger than where you've been Long time porcupine Watch me turn the wrong into right All those little poisoned words Couldn't keep me underground [Outro] Silver spoon, red bird, burned house Your world Porcupine I'm still here
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